The Attorneys General of 46 states reached a $17.5 million-dollar settlement with The Home Depot, which was announced on November 24, 2020. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that this settlement was led by the Connecticut, Illinois, and Texas AGs and Texas will collect $1,777,440.00. I will have more to say about this settlement in…
Category: Data Privacy
ASPR Warns Ransomware Threat is Persistent, as Actors Leak More Data
“In general, maintaining anti-ransomware best practices like the 3-2-1 backup system or conducting regular vulnerability scanning to identify and address vulnerabilities will help protect your organization against future threats from other ransomware operators,” according to the alert. — Read on healthitsecurity-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/healthitsecurity.com/news/amp/aspr-warns-ransomware-threat-is-persistent-as-actors-leak-more-data
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Why did Lifespan Health face such a stiff HIPAA penalty for a stolen laptop? (publication)
Many thanks to HealthcareITNews for publishing my recent article Why did Lifespan Health face such a stiff HIPAA penalty for a stolen laptop? Read more
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What Can Happen if You Do Not Notify Following a Data Breach?
Here is one of the questions we get asked most often: “Ok, so we’ve had a real data breach and you say we have clear notification obligations, what can happen if we just ignore it and pretend it never happened — that is, we just don’t notify?” Unfortunately, this question is oftentimes coupled with this…
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Ransomware is the single greatest risk your company faces – here’s why
You read that correctly: ransomware is the single greatest risk to your company. Even in times of the COVID-19 global pandemic, ransomware is still the one risk where, tonight, the company CEO can lay her head down on her pillow with the company doing fine, profits up and operations running smoothly, and then wake up…
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Understanding the Cyber and Privacy Risks of Zoom and Tips For Using It More Securely
CBS 11 DFW interviews Shawn Tuma who explains that when you are given a free service or product to use, you and your data are the real product. By now everyone has now heard of — and likely used — Zoom for staying connected during the COVID-19 pandemic. In what may have been a brilliant…
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Healthcare Providers – Are You Prepared for Hackers to Tell Your Patients About Your Ransomware and Data Breach?
If you are a healthcare provider, you need to prepare yourself now for the new reality that, when hackers get into your network, they will contact your patients to put pressure on you to pay their ransom demands — usually after they have encrypted your network. Here is an example from a recent case that…
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Texas AG: Business Must Implement and Maintain Reasonable Cybersecurity Safeguards
Go here to read: Texas Businesses Must Implement and Maintain Reasonable Cybersecurity Safeguards According to State Attorney General
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Texas Bar Journal 2018 Year-End Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Update
The Texas Bar Journal’s year-end update on Cybersecurity & Data Privacy law was once again provided by Shawn Tuma and addressed the following issues: Lawyers’ Cybersecurity and Data Breach Obligations that are required under Texas law and the ABA’s Ethics Opinion 483 titled Lawyers’ Obligations Afteran Electronic Data Breach or Cyberattack Whether an IT service…
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The Most Important Lesson You Are Not Hearing About Apple’s iOS FaceTime Glitch
The most important lesson about Apple’s iOS group FaceTime debacle that you are not hearing about should be a wake up call for everyone (Tuma explains this glitch on WFLA in Tampa, FL): If Apple, through a programming glitch, has the ability to allow someone to use your iOS device as a microphone to listen…
